Screw driver



Aug. 19, 1930.

E. Guz;

SCREW DRIVER filed Feb. 5

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yPatented Aug. 19, 193@ Unir rette eifremrofmece invul. B. GUZE, or CHICAGO, yiiiniitrcas sonnw DRIVER appiieaticnriea February s, ieee. serial no. 25i,5o4.

My invention relatesto an improvement in a screw driver, and has for its object the provision of ascrew driver suitable forr driving screws in inaccessible holes where it is impossible to hold and guide the screw with 1;, The invention willbe best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a VpartA of this speciiicatiomin which Figure 1 is an elevational view of the screw driver embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the screw driver showing the,handle and the screw vholder in section. 'l Figure 3 is an elevational view of the screw holder separate from the screw driver. 5 Figure il is'l a sectionof the line 'lllof Figure 1. y

' 1n the preferred form, as illustrated in the drawing,6 represents the shank of a screw driver ofthe Vusualform, to which is'afliXed ai a hollow handle 7 by means of a rivet 9. The handle 7 is preferably made of metal, and is provided with a knurled portion 8 to provide a firm grippino area. Within thehandle isa chamber 16 of greater diameter than the :s shank 6, extending throughout the major portion of the length of the handle 7 and partially closed by the retainer bushing 17.

The screw holder is preferably. made of metal and comprises a tubular portion 10 e which is sliced longitudinally to form a substantially. channeled shaped portion 11 of about r`twice the length of the tubular portion,

lthe whole being` of somewhat less length than the shank 6 of the screw driver. The channel shaped portion 11 is increasingly shallow as it approaches the end, and at the end is formed a bifurcated member or claw 12, made lby bending the end ofthe channel portion 11 at right angles to its length. `The space o` between the claws is wide enoughto accomin Figure 2, the'edge21of the screw driver modate the shank 6 ofthe screw driver, as clearly indicated in vFigure 1. vTo the tubular portion 10 of the screw holder is 'affixed n, a collar v13, fastened thereto bythe rivet 14.1.

ln one side ofthe tubular Yportionfl() is .formed a longitudinal slot 15, thejfunctionV of which is.hereinafter.explained. .Adjacent to the point where thetubulanportion 10 is `cut andflattenedto form the channelshap'ed portion 11alrnurled collar 22 is pressed onto v(so the Vtubular vportion 10, andserves as a `hanfv die by means ofwhich the screw holderis controlled, and also asa stop to limi-t motion of the screw holderias hereinafter described.

The tubular portion' 10 of the screw holder andits associated collaril litk within the chamber 16, already described, inthe handle.y

8 of thescrew driver. It is held t-hereinby means `of the 'retainer bushing 17 which is threaded and rscrewed into the openingofthe170,1`

chamber 16. {The retainer bushing 17 is made 1 a loose fit on the tubularportion 1() and per-f mits the screw holder to be moved out and' in along the shanln 6 of therscrew driver. screw 18 vpasses throughthewall ofthe` han- 75 dle.7and` enters the slot 15, thereby preventing any rotary movement of the screw holder aboutf'the'shanlr 6, but permitting-'and atlthe same time limiting, thereciprocating motion of saidfsc'rew. holder. A coiled spring 19 en-l circles the tubular portion` '10 withinthe chamber 16,1 one end of which is seated against the collar 18, and the other end of which is seated againstthe retainer bushing 17, .so that said spring 19 is compressed when S5 the screw holder is pushed out and tends to draw the screw holder back until the collar 22rests-against theretainerrbushing 17 when released.V D

1n use pressure is applied to the knurled collary 22. moving the screw holder out along the shank 6 until the claw 12 extends beyond the edge 21 of the screwdriver. The head of a screw 2O is placed inthe claw 12as shown being inserted in the slot inthe screw head, and thecollar 22 released.A The pressure exerted by the spring 19 on the lscrew holder holds the screwv20 firmly against the edge 21 of thexscrew driver. The screw and screwv driver may then be inserted in to a narrow space and the screw fitted into a screw hole and turned until the thread catches. The screw holder is then disengaged from the screw head by again pressing on the knurled collar 22, and when said collar is released the screw holder moves back, under the pressure of the spring 19 to the position shown in Figure l. The screw driver is then employed in the usual manner for tightening the screw in its hole.

`While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of the construction for carrying my invention into eiect, it is capable of variation and modiiication without depart'- ing` from the spirit ot' the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to availv myself of such vari-ations and modiiications as come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

Inconibination with a screw driver having a hollow handle, a screw holder having a shorter' tubular portion embracing the shank of said screw dri/ver, and a longer channel shaped portion integral with said tubular portion partially embracing said shank; said tubular portion movably retained within said hollow handle by means of a collar aiiixed to said tubular portion and a retainer bushing fitted into the end of said handle; means to guide and limit the motion of. said screw holder and to releasably hold said bushing in place; a coiled spring between said collar and said bushing; 'a collar ailixed to said tubular portion adjacent the channel portion; and a w1 `claw on the end of said channel portion adj acent the end of said screw driver substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have namel to this specification.

EMIL B. GUZE signed my 

